Liz's Needlepoint Journey UPDATED

Liz Morrow of LizArt wrote a retrospective of her needlepoint life on her blog. It makes for fascinating reading!  Liz has done many things with needlepoint, taken some fascinating classes and created some wonderful designs.
http://lizartblog.blogspot.com/2018/02/my-needlepoint-journey.html

http://lizartblog.blogspot.com/2018/03/my-needlepoint-journey-part-2.html

http://lizartblog.blogspot.com/2018/04/my-needlepoint-journey-part-3.html

http://lizartblog.blogspot.com/2018/04/my-needlepoint-journey-part-4.html

http://lizartblog.blogspot.com/2018/05/magic-castle.html

UPDATE:  This article I wrote in 2018 suddenly appeared in 2021.  No idea how that happened!  Sadly, we lost Liz in 2020.  I know she doesn't mind that this appeared again--or maybe Google in its infinite wisdom decided we needed Liz in our lives again.  Here is her website which a friend took over for her so that her charts are still available.

https://www.lizartneedlepoint.com/#/

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© Copyright March 15, 2018 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

A Profile of Maggie Lane

The New York Times did a profile of the influential needlepoint designer Maggie Lane in 1972.
https://www.nytimes.com/1972/11/08/archives/china-childhood-was-inspiration-for-needlework.html

Her books are still available on eBay and through book dealers who specialize in needlepoint.
http://www.newneedlepoint.com/search/results?keyword=maggie+lane

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Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright January 27, 2020 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

First Place Ribbon at the California State Fair

The California State Fair just awarded a first place ribbon for her "Kimono Revisited" to Mary Frances Po.  Congratulations!   (Many thanks to Needle in a Haystack for letting us know of their customer's latest big win!)
https://www.facebook.com/needleinahaystackshop/photos/a.10151984852036674.1073741825.98255356673/10152206891006674/?type=1&theater

Here is a bit about John Waddell's version of the Maggie Lane/Ietje Jackovich chart.
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/SNS_Kimono/info

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright July 17, 2014 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Evolution of The Maggie Lane Kimono

Any needlepointer over forty has probably seen the Maggie Lane kimono booklet, which took Maggie Lane's outline and put different stitches in each section to create an Asian style sampler.  The booklet for this piece used all ecru threads but John Waddell has taken the piece and moved it into the 21st Century with a variety of colorways and new threads that weren't available when Maggie was alive or even when the booklet that used her outline was published.  (Note that there is a smaller version of the Ietje Jackovich Kimono.  I've seen this booklet although I can't find a copy online at the moment, so if your copy seems different than the photos, that's why.)
http://juststring.blogspot.com/2011/11/kimono-revisited.html

John taught this class at Chaparral several years ago but those photos are no longer on the website since the class is long over and the shop has changed hands.  Still, you can see quite a few colorways and thread collections on the SHS website.  Just follow the links in the article above to sign up.


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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com

Want to Stitch a Rug?

This Maggie Lane design is painted on needlepoint canvas and comes with yarns. The seller has several other rug kits painted from her designs. Click on View Other Items under Meet the Seller to see them all. This seller has offered several rug kits over the last two weeks. Of course these are charted in one of Maggie Lane's books if you own them.

Here's the link to eBay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350038914725&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:us

Mirror blog at http://blog.360.yahoo.com/chillyhollow